The Agreement between DEXCEL-Peru and SERMANU was signed in 2006.
SERMANU is an organization of 66 rural and indigenous communities
surrounding and within the Manu National Park. Most of these
communities are within the buffer zone of the Park. The first activity
was the Program to Promote Quality of Municipal Management, including
organizing debates among the candidates of the different local
governments. Besides, the project for eradicating poverty in 7
districts was started in August 2006. This project is implemented in
Challabamba, by DEXCEL-Peru and funded by DEXCEL-International. The
project includes a number of actions to eradicate poverty, including:
preventive health care, education, improved natural resources
management, as well as strengthening of cultural identity.
. Representatives of SERMANU and
DEXCEL-Peru celebrating the agreement.
The methodology of Pachamama Raymi is used.
Its contents include all relevant aspects of poverty eradication. The
amazing results of the first half year show the potential of the
methodology Pachamama Raymi, as never before. Many different issues
were included in the program, obtaining great progress in most. For
example, over 80% of the total population participated, while 60% of
the families constructed latrines, improved their houses, etc. See SERMANU, its Boletín and testimony (pdf) and video and pictures (pps).
The Project with SERMANU is quite special,
as its financing allows the methodology Pachamama Raymi to be
implemented without the need to make concessions and include elements
of conventional methodologies. Besides, it is the first time that such
a great number of innovations are included, to be adopted
simultaneously (see the Rules and Regulations (pdf) and a rigorous and very detailed monitoring system (xls) is used.
The
project is extended to three districts from august 2007 and is financed
by the Dutch NGO "Leren van Elkaar", which only finances projects using
Pachamama Raymi.

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